Gui Zhi Tang Flashcards
What does gui zhi tang translate to?
Cinnamon twig decoction.
What are the ingredients in gui zhi tang?
Gui zhi (C), bai shao (D), sheng jiang (A), da zao (A), and gan cao (E).
What are the actions of gui zhi tang?
Release pathogens from the muscle layer and regulates Ying and Wei.
What formula is indicated for fever and chills unrelieved by sweating, headache, aversion to wind, stiff neck, nasal congestion, a thin, white and moist tongue coating and a floating pulse that is wither moderate or weak?
Gui zhi tang.
Which formula is indicated for invasion of wind and which for invasion of cold?
Gui zhi tang for wind and ma huang tang for cold.
How is gui zhi tang modified to create gui zhi jia shao yao tang?
Double the dose of bai shao.
What are the actions of gui zhi jia shao yao tang?
For Tai Yang disorders that were improperly treated with purgatives and consequently advanced to the Tai Yin stage, characterized by abdominal pain.
What are the actions of gui zhi jia hou po xing zi tang?
For a presentation that is accompanied by wheezing, or where improper treatment with purgatives has failed to release a disorder, which is then accompanied by slight wheezing.
What are the actions of gui zhi jia ga gen tang?
Tai Yang disorders characterized by pronounced stiffness of the neck and upper back.
